Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: LANIER, BENJAMIN E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2132 2431 2432 2437 2688

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.3%
Allow Rate
+7.3% vs TC avg
956
Total Applications
+17.5%
Interview Lift
1340
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 924 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.7%
§101 Eligibility
17.0%
§102 Novelty
49.4%
§103 Obviousness
17.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18930083 NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN AUTHENTICATION Non-Final OA American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
18833187 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATING USER WHEN CHANGING DEVICES Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18070101 DEVICE CERTIFICATION BASED ON DEVICE CAPABILITIES Final Rejection MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
19011516 SECURE ONLINE COLLABORATION Non-Final OA Google LLC
18649413 ANONYMOUS EVENT ATTESTATION WITH GROUP SIGNATURES Non-Final OA Google LLC
19250035 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19171549 INTEGRITY MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18348905 SECURITY POLICY PROCESSING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19093925 IDENTIFICATION OF SENSITIVE CONTENT IN ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES TO PREVENT EXFILTRATION Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18391375 INTEGRITY PROTECTED COMMAND BUFFER EXECUTION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17810051 FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATED OPERATOR ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE IN A CLOUD SERVICE Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18998061 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXPLAINING AND FILTERING CYBERSECURITY ALERTS Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18820413 SPATIAL COMPUTING SOURCE CODE DEVELOPMENT SECURITY SYSTEM Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
17945637 NETWORK-STORAGE-BASED ATTACK DETECTION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18617185 GROUP DELEGATION COMPUTING METHOD Non-Final OA SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
19067952 Compound threat detections in cloud computing environments Non-Final OA Sophos Limited
18204658 SELF-AUTHENTICATION OF DATA STORED OFF-CHIP Non-Final OA Xilinx, Inc.
18610257 AUTHENTICATION OF SOFTWARE ROBOTS WITH GATEWAY PROXY FOR ACCESS TO CLOUD-BASED SERVICES Final Rejection Automation Anywhere, Inc.

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